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The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…
The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as it affordeth both milk for babes, and strong meat for such as are at full age / by ... Nicholas Bifield ; ... now published ... by his son, Adoniram Bifield.The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as it affordeth both milke for babes, and strong meat for such as are at full age / by ... Nicholas Bifield ; ... now published ... by his sonne, Adoniram Bifield.
London: printed by G.M. for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1626
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
8. Yea, God hath done that honour to the nature of man, that he hath not done to the nature of Angels, and that is, that he hath joined it inseparably to his divine nature, in the person of his Son Christ Jesus: so as man is now as near to God, ⟨p. 200⟩as the body is to the soul, Heb. 2. 16.
8. Yea, God hath done that honour to the nature of man, that he hath not done to the nature of Angels, and that is, that he hath ioyned it inseparably to his diuine nature, in the person of his Son Christ Iesus: so as man is now as neere to God, ⟨p. 200⟩as the body is to the soule, Heb. 2. 16.
The consideration of this Glory of God in the Creation of man, may serve for Instruction, Humiliation, and Consolation.
The consideration of this Glory of God in the Creation of man, may serue for Instruction, Humiliation, and Consolation.
By way of Instruction, it should teach us many duties: as,
By way of Instruction, it should teach vs many duties: as,